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The Wingfoot Clan (Akron edition), Vol. 22, No. 40 (October 4, 1933)

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Vol. 22
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PROTECT OUR GOOD NAME
AKRON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1933 No. 40
\TEREST RUAS - G - AS ASSEY 3_Y E_ECT 0\ AEARS
CONFERENCE CLOSED
BY VICE PRESIDENT
SLUSSERTHURSDAY
A. G. Cameron, Mgr. Good-year
Export Company,
Gives Interesting Talk
r• HE Thirteenth Annual
1 Interplant Conference
of Goodyear factory officials
from all over the world was
closed by Vice President
Slusser last Thursday after-noon
and the production,
engineering and development
men who attended are en
route to or already back at
their home .plants.
Vice President Slusser
stressed that the quality of Good-year
products must continue to be
the highest at all costs, as quality
i9 the foundation upon which Good-year
leadership has been built.
He reviewed the problems which
had come up during the conference
and stated that steps were being
taken to solve them af once. He
pointed out the benefits which
were derived from these confer-ences
through the exchanging of
ideas.
Must Succeed
3Ir. Slusser talked brieSy on the
N. R. A. and was emphatic in his
statement that the government
must succeed in its efforts for co-operation
between business find
labor. He also pointed otit Good-year's
progressive policy which has
given . employees far more than the
N. R. A. asks for. Included in
these lie mentioned Goodyear's in-surance,
pension and vacation
plans.
A. G. Cameron, vice prei,ident.of
the Goodyear Export Company,
thanked the heads of all Goodyear
plants for their co-operation. In
his talk he gave an interesting de-scripticin
of the dificulties encoun-tered
in the various countries in
which Goodyear products are sold.
CAMPING CLUB WILL
ORGANIZE OCT. 12
George Swartz and Al Cunnington
-4.
Now that the Homeeoming in
celebration of Goodyear's 35th an-niversary
is over, one cannot help
but wonder what a time like this
must mean to those who have been
with Goodyear from the very be-ginning,
who have seen the little
company started in an abandoned
strawboard factory expand and
grow into the largest rubber com-pany
in the world.
In July when Edward Hippen-steal
completed 35 years' service
President Litchfield entertained the
members of the 0]d Guard with a
dinner. Since that time two more
of this small group have passed
tlie 35 year mark, George Swartz
on August 3, and Al Cunnington,
September 23.
Swartz, like Hippensteal, was a
Goodyear employee before the
company was incorporated August
An opportunity for employees
and their sons to join the Y. M.
C. A. and gain all the benefits and
advantages of membership at low
deduction rates is being given for a
short period.
Starting this week and until Oc-tober
18 employees may join the
3. M. C. A. or take out member-ships
for their sons, and have the •
cost taken out of tlieir pays at
rates of 25 cents per · week for
29, 1898. Hippensteal had been
employed to make repairs to the
building and put it into shape, and
then Swartz was brought in to in-stall
machinery to get the plant
going.
Swartz, who still is foreman of
the Plant 2 riggers, has installed
more machinery than any other
Goodyearite. Mills, calenders, tire
machines are heavy, weigh tons
sometimes, but to move them
around and spot them on the job
is all in the day's work to Swartz
and his' gang. He was sent to
California in 1919 to install the
machinery of the Los Angeles and
he did the job speedily and well.
Swartz was born at Port Sheri-dan,
Pa. He worked at Mt. Camel
in the coal mines for awhile, de-cided
to work at the carpenter
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Employees and Sons May Now Join
K M. C A. at Low Deduction Rates
young men and boys, · and 40 cents
a week for men.
L. B. Tomkinson, Plant 1 super-
A meeting will be held in Room
529, Goodyear Hall, Thursday
night, October 12, at 7:30 o'clock, A.
to organize a club to be known as •·
the •'Camping Club."
' The purpose.of the club will be E.
to build camI)ing equipment, espe-cially
camping trailers. Those who F.
are interested in summer outdoor G.
life shou]d attend this meeting.
A short talk on ':The Modern Note:
Gypsies" will be made by A. C.
Horrocks.
Membership Divisions
Athletic Club
Afen (25 years and over)
Young Men ( 18 through 24 )
intendent, has charge of the mem-bership
effort at Goodyear and his
representatives will call upon em-ployees
to give them the opportu-nity
to join the Y. M. C. A. if they
wish. Should anyone be overlooked
they may call Tomkinson's o•ce
and a .representative will be sent
to see them. Pargnts who wish to
take out memberships for their
boys will be accommodated also if
they call upon Noble Miller, Plant
1 labor department.
Following is the table of rates
for yearly memberships. These
rates include all privileges.
Regular Cash or Deductions
$50.00 $40.00
25.00 20.00
15.00 12.00
5.00 5.00
...............................
D Social (Club Membership only)
Residence Rooms ............ Weekly Rates
Single Room .......-.......... $3.50 to $6.00
Double . Room ................_. 3.00 to 4.00
Boys 10 to 11 years $ 5.00 $ 4.00
Boys 12 to 14 years 8.00 6.40
H. Boys 15 to 17 years 10.00 8.00
Employees may make minimum deductions as follows: : Athletic Club 80c
per week, Afen 40c per week, Young Men or Boys 25c per week. Employees
who desire to pay for their memberships in cash may do so. Those who prefer
to pay up in shorter time may increase their amount of deductions.
CANDIDATES WORK FEVERISHLY TO GAIN
MAIORITY OF VOTES AT TUESDAY POLLS
Predictions Made That Several Of Those Who Dropped
Behind In Primaries Will Stage Comebacks;
Many More Upsets Are Probable
r1•HERE is just enough doubt and uncertainty about the
1 outcome of many of the races for house and senate
seats in the Fifteenth Industrial Assembly to make the
election vote next Tuesday, October 10, one of the most
interesting for many 8 year.
At the primaries two weeks ago there were something
like 20 major upsets and many more of a minor nature.
Even those who are usually aeeurate in their selection of
winners are hesitant about making definite predictions.
Some comebacks are likely, they concede, and many more
upsets are probable.
It is only natural that competition as keen as this is
ZEPP STAMP CLUB
INVITES EVERYONE
TO BIRTHDAY PARTY
First anniversary party of the
Goodyear Zeppelin Stamp Club will
be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock in
the Women's Community Room,
Goodyear Hall. All employees
whether or not they are interested
in stamp collections are invited to
attend.
The program will include enter-tainment,
motion pictures, and a
display of stamps by Mr. Grant of
the M. O'Neil Company. Refresh-ments
will be served.
DOROTHY GILLEN IS
CHORISTER PIANIST
Miss Dorothy Gillen, daughter
of Hank Gillen, Plant 2 superin-tendent,
has been engaged as pian-ist
for the Goodyear Choristers.
She joined the group at Monday
night's rehearsal.
The Choristers are practicing
for an hour's radio broadcast in
the near future and all members
are asked to come out next Mon-day.
Anyone wishidg to join is in-vited
to come out to rehearsals,
every Monday night at 7:30.
William Evans, the director, was
presented with a music case by the
group.
OFFICERS ELECTED
BY '35 SQUAD CLASS
At a recent meeting of the '35
class of the Production Flying
Squndron, Arthur B. Heiberg was
elected president of the group.
Angus 3fcNair was elected . vice-president;
Ellsworth Powel, secre-tary-
treasurer, and H. L. Ekert,
sergeant-at-arms.
arousing more than the usual in-terest
of employees in the election
of assemblymen, and when the
votes are counted the chances are
that close to a record vote will be
cast. Employees who are on va-cation
next week may vote Friday,
October 6, at special voting places
at the Plant 1 and Plant 2 labor
bureaus.
Vote Drive Is On
A tremendous drive for votes is
being made by most of the candi-dates
this week, some of them
working practically day and night
in order to call upon every voter in
their districts. Apparently none
are taking for granted that they
have a walk-away.
Because of their closeness in the
primaries some of the races stand
out. One of these is the race
between A. D. Trembly and C.
R. Graham in District 2. Graham
led the primary by five votes.
It is hard to predict who'11 win
between W. E. Wall and F. M.
Smith in District 7, for Smith,
who led in the primary, only had
252 votes of the 1,001 cast at the
primary. A three-cornered race in
District 8 is a feature with George
Grahame, G. B. Miller and E. E.
White having nearly an equal
chance. And last but not least in
the senate races Amos Haverty,
veteran senator, is staging a hard
uphill fight against French House
in District 9.
There are a lot of heated races
for representative too. One of the
closest is in Precinct 2 where
Harry Hayes and L. D. Strickland,
only separated 6y two votes in the
primaries, are putting forth their
best eiorts. Plenty of action is
being shown in Precinct 15, Ed
Wynne only leading H. W. Fisher
by one vote. A. Setzer is giving
Danford Haga a hard battle in
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TH
Vol. 22
Tr lAn/'lrn
efenME#•11 CIAN
AICRON EDITION
PROTECT OUR GOOD NAME
AKRON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1933 No. 40
\TEREST RUAS - G - AS ASSEY 3_Y E_ECT 0\ AEARS
CONFERENCE CLOSED
BY VICE PRESIDENT
SLUSSERTHURSDAY
A. G. Cameron, Mgr. Good-year
Export Company,
Gives Interesting Talk
r• HE Thirteenth Annual
1 Interplant Conference
of Goodyear factory officials
from all over the world was
closed by Vice President
Slusser last Thursday after-noon
and the production,
engineering and development
men who attended are en
route to or already back at
their home .plants.
Vice President Slusser
stressed that the quality of Good-year
products must continue to be
the highest at all costs, as quality
i9 the foundation upon which Good-year
leadership has been built.
He reviewed the problems which
had come up during the conference
and stated that steps were being
taken to solve them af once. He
pointed out the benefits which
were derived from these confer-ences
through the exchanging of
ideas.
Must Succeed
3Ir. Slusser talked brieSy on the
N. R. A. and was emphatic in his
statement that the government
must succeed in its efforts for co-operation
between business find
labor. He also pointed otit Good-year's
progressive policy which has
given . employees far more than the
N. R. A. asks for. Included in
these lie mentioned Goodyear's in-surance,
pension and vacation
plans.
A. G. Cameron, vice prei,ident.of
the Goodyear Export Company,
thanked the heads of all Goodyear
plants for their co-operation. In
his talk he gave an interesting de-scripticin
of the dificulties encoun-tered
in the various countries in
which Goodyear products are sold.
CAMPING CLUB WILL
ORGANIZE OCT. 12
George Swartz and Al Cunnington
-4.
Now that the Homeeoming in
celebration of Goodyear's 35th an-niversary
is over, one cannot help
but wonder what a time like this
must mean to those who have been
with Goodyear from the very be-ginning,
who have seen the little
company started in an abandoned
strawboard factory expand and
grow into the largest rubber com-pany
in the world.
In July when Edward Hippen-steal
completed 35 years' service
President Litchfield entertained the
members of the 0]d Guard with a
dinner. Since that time two more
of this small group have passed
tlie 35 year mark, George Swartz
on August 3, and Al Cunnington,
September 23.
Swartz, like Hippensteal, was a
Goodyear employee before the
company was incorporated August
An opportunity for employees
and their sons to join the Y. M.
C. A. and gain all the benefits and
advantages of membership at low
deduction rates is being given for a
short period.
Starting this week and until Oc-tober
18 employees may join the
3. M. C. A. or take out member-ships
for their sons, and have the •
cost taken out of tlieir pays at
rates of 25 cents per · week for
29, 1898. Hippensteal had been
employed to make repairs to the
building and put it into shape, and
then Swartz was brought in to in-stall
machinery to get the plant
going.
Swartz, who still is foreman of
the Plant 2 riggers, has installed
more machinery than any other
Goodyearite. Mills, calenders, tire
machines are heavy, weigh tons
sometimes, but to move them
around and spot them on the job
is all in the day's work to Swartz
and his' gang. He was sent to
California in 1919 to install the
machinery of the Los Angeles and
he did the job speedily and well.
Swartz was born at Port Sheri-dan,
Pa. He worked at Mt. Camel
in the coal mines for awhile, de-cided
to work at the carpenter
[Turn to Page 2]
Employees and Sons May Now Join
K M. C A. at Low Deduction Rates
young men and boys, · and 40 cents
a week for men.
L. B. Tomkinson, Plant 1 super-
A meeting will be held in Room
529, Goodyear Hall, Thursday
night, October 12, at 7:30 o'clock, A.
to organize a club to be known as •·
the •'Camping Club."
' The purpose.of the club will be E.
to build camI)ing equipment, espe-cially
camping trailers. Those who F.
are interested in summer outdoor G.
life shou]d attend this meeting.
A short talk on ':The Modern Note:
Gypsies" will be made by A. C.
Horrocks.
Membership Divisions
Athletic Club
Afen (25 years and over)
Young Men ( 18 through 24 )
intendent, has charge of the mem-bership
effort at Goodyear and his
representatives will call upon em-ployees
to give them the opportu-nity
to join the Y. M. C. A. if they
wish. Should anyone be overlooked
they may call Tomkinson's o•ce
and a .representative will be sent
to see them. Pargnts who wish to
take out memberships for their
boys will be accommodated also if
they call upon Noble Miller, Plant
1 labor department.
Following is the table of rates
for yearly memberships. These
rates include all privileges.
Regular Cash or Deductions
$50.00 $40.00
25.00 20.00
15.00 12.00
5.00 5.00
...............................
D Social (Club Membership only)
Residence Rooms ............ Weekly Rates
Single Room .......-.......... $3.50 to $6.00
Double . Room ................_. 3.00 to 4.00
Boys 10 to 11 years $ 5.00 $ 4.00
Boys 12 to 14 years 8.00 6.40
H. Boys 15 to 17 years 10.00 8.00
Employees may make minimum deductions as follows: : Athletic Club 80c
per week, Afen 40c per week, Young Men or Boys 25c per week. Employees
who desire to pay for their memberships in cash may do so. Those who prefer
to pay up in shorter time may increase their amount of deductions.
CANDIDATES WORK FEVERISHLY TO GAIN
MAIORITY OF VOTES AT TUESDAY POLLS
Predictions Made That Several Of Those Who Dropped
Behind In Primaries Will Stage Comebacks;
Many More Upsets Are Probable
r1•HERE is just enough doubt and uncertainty about the
1 outcome of many of the races for house and senate
seats in the Fifteenth Industrial Assembly to make the
election vote next Tuesday, October 10, one of the most
interesting for many 8 year.
At the primaries two weeks ago there were something
like 20 major upsets and many more of a minor nature.
Even those who are usually aeeurate in their selection of
winners are hesitant about making definite predictions.
Some comebacks are likely, they concede, and many more
upsets are probable.
It is only natural that competition as keen as this is
ZEPP STAMP CLUB
INVITES EVERYONE
TO BIRTHDAY PARTY
First anniversary party of the
Goodyear Zeppelin Stamp Club will
be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock in
the Women's Community Room,
Goodyear Hall. All employees
whether or not they are interested
in stamp collections are invited to
attend.
The program will include enter-tainment,
motion pictures, and a
display of stamps by Mr. Grant of
the M. O'Neil Company. Refresh-ments
will be served.
DOROTHY GILLEN IS
CHORISTER PIANIST
Miss Dorothy Gillen, daughter
of Hank Gillen, Plant 2 superin-tendent,
has been engaged as pian-ist
for the Goodyear Choristers.
She joined the group at Monday
night's rehearsal.
The Choristers are practicing
for an hour's radio broadcast in
the near future and all members
are asked to come out next Mon-day.
Anyone wishidg to join is in-vited
to come out to rehearsals,
every Monday night at 7:30.
William Evans, the director, was
presented with a music case by the
group.
OFFICERS ELECTED
BY '35 SQUAD CLASS
At a recent meeting of the '35
class of the Production Flying
Squndron, Arthur B. Heiberg was
elected president of the group.
Angus 3fcNair was elected . vice-president;
Ellsworth Powel, secre-tary-
treasurer, and H. L. Ekert,
sergeant-at-arms.
arousing more than the usual in-terest
of employees in the election
of assemblymen, and when the
votes are counted the chances are
that close to a record vote will be
cast. Employees who are on va-cation
next week may vote Friday,
October 6, at special voting places
at the Plant 1 and Plant 2 labor
bureaus.
Vote Drive Is On
A tremendous drive for votes is
being made by most of the candi-dates
this week, some of them
working practically day and night
in order to call upon every voter in
their districts. Apparently none
are taking for granted that they
have a walk-away.
Because of their closeness in the
primaries some of the races stand
out. One of these is the race
between A. D. Trembly and C.
R. Graham in District 2. Graham
led the primary by five votes.
It is hard to predict who'11 win
between W. E. Wall and F. M.
Smith in District 7, for Smith,
who led in the primary, only had
252 votes of the 1,001 cast at the
primary. A three-cornered race in
District 8 is a feature with George
Grahame, G. B. Miller and E. E.
White having nearly an equal
chance. And last but not least in
the senate races Amos Haverty,
veteran senator, is staging a hard
uphill fight against French House
in District 9.
There are a lot of heated races
for representative too. One of the
closest is in Precinct 2 where
Harry Hayes and L. D. Strickland,
only separated 6y two votes in the
primaries, are putting forth their
best eiorts. Plenty of action is
being shown in Precinct 15, Ed
Wynne only leading H. W. Fisher
by one vote. A. Setzer is giving
Danford Haga a hard battle in
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